"Reasons why today the youth leave"/ Tabaku reacts after the approval of the budget for 2024: Nobody understood what they voted for, a blow to the middle class

Democratic Party MP Jorida Tabaku reacted after the approval of the budget in today's session. She says that most of those who raised their ballots do not know what they voted for.

"I am sure that none of you managed to understand what was voted today amid the noise and chaos. I am sure that most of those who raised their ballots do not know what they voted for. Another socialist budget was voted today, which increased taxes by 70 million euros, mainly for the middle class.

There are three significant figures and facts about this budget. First, Albania will continue to remain one of the poorest countries in the Western Balkans, leaving behind only Kosovo with 23% poverty.

Albania will have the lowest social protection of all Western Balkan countries and will have a budget of almost 11% of the Gross Domestic Product for social protection.

Third, Albania has the lowest wages in the entire Western Balkans, with a weight of almost 4.5% of the Gross Domestic Product.

These three figures show that nothing changes in the 10-year trend of socialist budgets. Nothing changes and no support, no stimulus for the middle class, no excuse to explain what is happening to the economy today and why we have higher prices.

But on the other hand, not even a gradual increase to go at least towards the indicators of the Western Balkans.

The main concern I have raised this month is hard to hear in the noise, has been that this budget will continue to not support the middle class, it will hit the middle class.

To formalize the formality, but on the other hand there is a tendency, which has turned into concern, in terms of supporting education.

There is no reason to worry, nor to be surprised when we see the PISA figures that the young Albanians today have the biggest decline in reading, mathematics and science.

This is related to budget policies, when we don't budget, when we don't support education, development economy, information technology, this will happen.

Where we have no economic development model, this will happen.

All these concerns that I have raised during this month and all of these should be concerns for the government as well, are the real problems that the economy has.

These are the reasons why today the youth leave, why there is no meritocracy. At the end of the day, everything is related to the vision for the budget and the vision that a government has for the economy.

Condolences to all those who have not managed to transmit what is needed in terms of the budget.

It is very difficult for arguments and ideas to be heard and seen and analyzed when there is noise. Unfortunately, another socialist budget was approved!", she says.